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59,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Tooth May Reveal the Earliest Known Dental Procedure — and Pain Treatment
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59,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Tooth May Reveal the Earliest Known Dental Procedure — and Pain Treatment

https://www.discovermagazine.com/59-000-year-old-neanderthal-tooth-may-reveal-the-earliest-known-dental-procedure-and-pain-treatment-49093https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/neanderthals/exceptional-drilled-tooth-reveals-neanderthals-practiced-dentistry-in-siberia-60-000-years-agohttps://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/13/neanderthals-stone-drills-treat-cavities-tooth-siberia-dentist
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  • The Neanderthals’ deliberate tooth drilling shows an early dental procedure that may relieve pain, using a stone tool while alive.
  • This finding marks the first known example of dental treatment outside Homo sapiens and is the oldest by more than 40,000 years.
  • Experimental replication with jasper tools matched the grooves and provided final proof the drilling was deliberate care, not random damage.
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